Henry Alexander Shaw (born July 30, 1970) is an American chef, author, and outdoorsman who runs the wild foods website Hunter Angler Gardener Cook.
After an initial few years working as a line cook and sous chef in restaurants in Madison, Wisconsin, Shaw became a newspaper reporter, first for the Madison Times weekly newspaper, then to a series of weeklies on Long Island, including the Islip Bulletin and the Suffolk County News.
Shaw has appeared on numerous television shows, including Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods,[4] Mike Rowe's Somebody’s Gotta Do It,[5] Steven Rinella's Meateater,[6] and Randy Newberg's Fresh Tracks.
The New York Times praised the book: “In Hunt, Gather, Cook, [Shaw] makes a powerful argument for joining him in a few of those pursuits, if only to become aware of the great bounty that surrounds us in the natural world, even when we live in urban environments—and perhaps particularly then.”[9] Shaw's second book was released by Ten Speed Press in October 2013.
[15] Shaw also won Best Blog from the International Association of Culinary Professionals in 2010[16] and 2011[17] His work was featured in the anthology Best Food Writing in 2012[18] and 2013.